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Since the dawn of time, all civilizations throughout history have created or believe in ghosts; But beyond half-religious or transcendental facts, the figure of the returned entity hides a multitude of social, historical or anthropological readings that worth to be mentioned. The case we would like to highlight is the enormous amount of outcast or marginalized specters when they were alive belonging to some minority of a given society. A widely studied case is that one of women in Japanese culture, although it can also be applied to North American culture through the presence of the spirits of Indians or black people. From the beginning, Cinema, as the most popular artistic movement or platform for entertainment, has exploited the horror genre, that is why it seem interesting for us to use this medium for doing a review of those films where native Americans or black slaves appear. Thus, we try to demonstrate that we are facing the narrative or fictional counter-reply to two traumas still present in the US society: on one side, the supremacy, so sadly experienced in our time, and on the other, the enduring dichotomy between progress and ecologism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This test environment is located at the international aid agencies of the UN system, who are under the influence of Western countries that lead through the influence of the theory of realism. From the perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis (cda), is intended to address the hegemony of the north compared to the south on environmental issues, because the logic of surface or reformist environmentalism, which perpetuates the economic interests on the exploitation of nature is used. This comes as industrialized dynamic and sustainable development play a dominant discourse in international relations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]